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Method Homes' home design for the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

June 23, 2014 | BD+C Staff

5 new designs unveiled for Make It Right homes at Fort Peck, Mont.

Make It Right, Brad Pitt's foundation that builds homes for people in need, has just revealed fiv...

June 20, 2014 | BD+C Staff

First Look: 10 Design unveils new luxury apartments plan in Dubai

The Seventh Heaven complex features a stepped form that will offer stunning views of the Dubai sk...

Using 3D printing, Arup engineers were able to design and fabricate this lightwe

June 18, 2014 | Arup

Arup uses 3D printing to fabricate one-of-a-kind structural steel components

The firm's research shows that 3D printing has the potential to reduce costs, cut waste, and slas...

June 13, 2014 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Editor

First look: BIG's spiraling museum for watchmaker Audemars Piguet

The glass-and-steel pavilion's spiral structure acts as a storytelling device for the company's h...

June 12, 2014 | BD+C Staff

Austrian university develops 'inflatable' concrete dome method

Constructing a concrete dome is a costly process, but this may change soon. A team from the Vienn...

June 11, 2014 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Editor

5 ways Herman Miller's new office concept rethinks the traditional workplace

Today's technologies allow us to work anywhere. So why come to an office at all? Herman Miller ha...

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June 09, 2014 | Green Building Initiative

Green Building Initiative launches Green Globes for Sustainable Interiors program

The new program focuses exclusively on the sustainable design and construction of interior spaces...

Photo: Paul Sableman via Wikimedia Commons

June 02, 2014 | Green Parking Council

Parking structures group launches LEED-type program for parking garages

The Green Parking Council, an affiliate of the International Parking Institute, has launched the...

May 30, 2014 | BD+C Staff

MIT researchers create 'home in a box' transformable wall system for micro apartments

Dubbed CityHome, the system integrates furniture, storage, exercise equipment, lighting, office e...

May 27, 2014 | BD+C Staff

New Jersey data centers will manage loads with pods

The two data center facilities totaling almost 430,000 sf for owner Digital Realty Trust will u...

May 23, 2014 | Ryan Schultz & Timothy Connor, SPARCH

BIM-driven prototype turns data centers into a kit of parts

Data center design specialist SPARCH creates a modular scheme for solutions provider Digital Real...

Since trading traditional closed cubicles for an open, transparent layout, softw

May 19, 2014 | C.C. Sullivan and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editors

Workplace design trends: Make way for the Millennials

Driven by changing work styles, mobile technology, and the growing presence of Millennials, today...

The contractor implemented advanced prefabrication measures on the 360-bed Exemp

May 14, 2014 | Mortenson Construction

Prefab payback: Mortenson quantifies cost and schedule savings from prefabrication techniques

Value-based cost-benefit analysis of prefab approaches on the firm's 360-bed Exempla Saint Joseph...

Photo: Jacopo Werther via Wikimedia Commons

May 13, 2014 | AIA

19 industry groups team to promote resilient planning and building materials

The industry associations, with more than 700,000 members generating almost $1 trillion in GDP, h...

May 12, 2014 | BD+C Staff

Final call for entries: 2014 Giants 300 survey

BD+C's 2014 Giants 300 survey forms are due Wednesday, May 21. Survey results will be published i...

The Hive-Inn was designed as an entry in the 2014 Radical Innovation Awards comp

April 30, 2014 | Lynne Fort, Associate Digital Editor

Welcome to the Hive: OVA designs wild shipping container hotel for competition

Hong Kong-based OVA envisions a shipping-container hotel, where rooms could be removed at will an...

The free tool provides real-time data visualization for each state. Here is the

April 29, 2014 | USGBC

USGBC launches real-time green building data dashboard

The online data visualization resource highlights green building data for each state and Washingt...

April 23, 2014 | BD+C Staff

Developers change gears at Atlantic Yards after high-rise modular proves difficult

At 32 stories, the B2 residential tower at Atlantic Yards has been widely lauded as a bellwether...

Installation of steel deck (here, from manufacturer New Millennium Building Syst

April 09, 2014 | BD+C Staff

Steel decks: 11 tips for their proper use

Building Teams have been using steel decks with proven success for 75 years. Building Design+Cons...

The rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the Old Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C

April 02, 2014 | C.C. Sullivan and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editors

8 tips for avoiding thermal bridges in window applications

Aligning thermal breaks and applying air barriers are among the top design and installation trick...

High Plains Equipment sells and services Case IH agricultural equipment at its n

March 27, 2014 | Star Building Systems This is sponsored content

A sales and service showcase

High Plains Equipment, a Case IH dealership in Devils Lake, N.D., constructs a larger facility to...

March 26, 2014 | Callison

Callison launches sustainable design tool with 84 proven strategies

Hybrid ventilation, nighttime cooling, and fuel cell technology are among the dozens of sustainab...

To true the wall surface, the installer should level the insulation board, rathe

March 20, 2014 | Arthur L. Sanders & Benjamin J. Robinson, Hoffmann Architects

Common EIFS failures, and how to prevent them

Poor workmanship, impact damage, building movement, and incompatible or unsound substrate are amo...

March 17, 2014 | BD+C Staff

Rem Koolhaas explains China's plans for its 'ghost cities'

China's goal, according to Koolhaas, is to de-incentivize migration into already overcrowded citi...

March 12, 2014 | BD+C Editors

14 new ideas for doors and door hardware

From a high-tech classroom lockdown system to an impact-resistant wide-stile door line, BD+C edit...

Completed in 2012, a 2,100-sf custom metal building serves as a maintenance and

Sponsored | March 10, 2014 | Star Building Systems

A high-performance barn

Bastoni Vineyards replaces a wooden barn with an efficient metal building used for maintenance, s...

February 14, 2014 | BD+C Staff

Must see: Developer stacks shipping containers atop grain silos to create student housing tower

Mill Junction will house up to 370 students and is supported by 50-year-old grain silos.

Husqvarnas DXR140 demolition robot in action. The robot shown here is controlle

February 14, 2014 | C.C. Sullivan and Adam Sullivan, Contributing Editors

Robots, drones, and printed buildings: The promise of automated construction

Building Teams across the globe are employing advanced robotics to simplify what is inherently a...

February 05, 2014 | Modular Building Institute

Multifamily Housing, Green Building, Market Trends, Innovation to be Prime Topics at MBI’s World of Modular

More than 600 developers, contractors, architects, builders, dealers and equipment/service suppli...

February 04, 2014 | BD+C Staff

Must see: Student housing complex made with recycled shipping containers

Architect Christian Salvati's new structure is just the first step in bringing shipping container...

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